Gray Room - A poem by Wallace Stevens


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Wallace Stevens - Gray Room

Although you sit in a room that is gray,
Except for the silver
Of the straw-paper,
And pick
At your pale white gown;
Or lift one of the green beads
Of your necklace,
To let it fall;
Or gaze at your green fan
Printed with the red branches of a red willow;
Or, with one finger,
Move the leaf in the bowl--
The leaf that has fallen from the branches of the forsythia
Beside you...
What is all this?
I know how furiously your heart is beating.

Added: on January 29th, 2006 at 12:42 AM | Viewed: 1848 times | Comments and analysis of Gray Room by Wallace Stevens Comments (1)

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Poet: Wallace Stevens Poem: Gray Room Comment 1 of 1, added on January 29th, 2006 at 12:42 AM. This poem is absolutely beautiful. It is so meaningful for all the people you see who seem to waste away their life in boredom. Yet within them, there is a storm of activity and thought. There is an urge to get out. Kyle Caputo from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Gray Room, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Wallace Stevens with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Wallace Stevens Poem: Gray Room Last read: Jul 25 2008, 2:13AM Viewed 1848 times. Added on January 29th, 2006 at 12:42 AM.

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